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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11575
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14785
13 Actual Demand 11268
14 Aggregate Planning 12305
15 Air Cargo 10188
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6721
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34966
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15388
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19392
20 Assembly Line 22689
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23081
22 Average Speed of Answer 26629
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23288
24 Batch Production 38600
25 Bill Discounting 14653
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11336
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7223
28 Blanket Release 10101
29 Bonded Warehouse 10136
30 Booking Number 13921
31 Bottleneck 9626
32 Buffer Stock 59525
33 Build to Stock 13095
34 Bullwhip Effect 9772
35 Business Logistics 25908
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12648
37 Capacity Management 40881
38 Capacity Utilization 14211
39 Capital Intensive 8517
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8861
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12223
42 Certified Supplier 9024
43 Channel Effectiveness 9002
44 Co-Destiny 9380
45 Co-managed Inventory 12652
46 Co-Packers 11856
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6959
48 Computer-Based Training 7756
49 Consular Invoice 19935
50 Container Depot 10676
51 Container Freight Station 10333
52 Continuous Replenishment 19652
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12159
54 Contract Carrier 7362
55 Contract of Affreightment 11487
56 Control Charts 8025
57 Cost Flow 10357
58 Courier Service 15347
59 CPFR 8288
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11887
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44360
62 Date Code 18381
63 Days of Supply 19945
64 Dead on Arrival 9427
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7378
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8197
67 Detective Control 8986
68 Devanning 14294
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11052
70 Dispatching 24689
71 Distributed Inventory 8431
72 Distribution Channel Management 34996
73 Distribution Metrics 9241
74 Distribution Planning 24303
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15338
76 Double Marginalization 52901
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22489
78 Dual 5490
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20709
80 Echelon Inventory 26313
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38366
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49987
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7688
84 Efficient Frontier 25626
85 Engineer-to-Order 31885
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16675
87 Erlang B Formula 9420
88 ETD 8395
89 Ex Works 7889
90 Exception Rate 13600
91 Exponential smoothing 9894
92 External Growth 10170
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9595
94 Field Services 7794
95 Field Warehouse 10764
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8890
97 Fishbone Diagram 14695
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27214
99 Flow Through Distribution 12406
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8265
101 FOB Destination 13146
102 Forward buying 30334
103 Freight Charge 10482
104 Freight Consolidation 7594
105 Gantt Chart 8346
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11829
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29698
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12773
109 Hub 23558
110 Idle Time 8138
 
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